Paul junod



Patented Nov. I, I898..- P. JUNOD.

TROLLING SPOON.

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2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL JUNOD, OF CELINA, OHIO, AssieNoE 0E ONE-HALF To GEORGE AUSTIN, OFSAME PLAoE.

TROLLlNG-SPOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,519, dated November1, 1898. Application filed February 25, 1893. Serial No. 671,591. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: I 7

Be it known that I, PAUL J UNOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Celina, in the county of Mercer and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Trolling-Spoon, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to trolling-spoons or spinning bait for fishingpurposes; and the object of the invention is to provide such a device inwhich the spinner will be free to rock sidewise upon the rod upon whichit is mounted, to move longitudinally of the rod, and to spin freelywith a minimum of friction irrespective of the position it occupiesrelatively to the rod.

With these objects in view the invention consists of the several detailsof construction and combination of parts, as will be herein- 1 afterfully described,and particularly point-ed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trolling-spoon madein accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly insection, showing the spinner in two difierent positions, one beingindicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the spinner.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the washer detached.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the severalfigures.

1 indicates a rod formed from a piece of wire having each end bent toform a loop 2. 3 indicates the usual swivel connected to the upper loopand to which swivel the line 4 is also attached.

loop 2. All these parts are of any usual or preferred construction andform no part of my invention.

Just above the lower loop 2 a collar 6 is secured on the rodl in anysuitable manner and forms a bearing for the concavo-convex washer 7,which is fitted over the rod 1 with sufficient looseness to permit it torock freely from side to side on the rod. The concave face of the washeris adapted to engage the collar and the convex face thereof to form abearing for the spinner. The spinner is formed of two wings 8 of thinbright metal secured, respectively, to arms 9, which ex- 5 indicates thefeather-cow ered hooks, which are connected to the lower tend fromopposite points of a perforated disk 10. This disk is alsoconcavo-convex and is fitted over the rod 1 with its concave faceadapted to engage the convex face of the washer.

The opening in the disk 10 is of greater di ameter than the opening inthe washer, and the disk will therefore be free to rock sidewise on thewasher independently of the joint sidewise movement which it may havewith the washer on the rod.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the spinner and thewasher are free to move up and down on the rod between the upper loop 2and the collar 6 and also to rock sidewise on the rod, and that thespinner will spin with a minimum of friction irrespective of theposition it may occupy relatively to the rod. In Fig. 2 I have indicatedtwo positions which the spinner may assume on the rod, one beingindicated in dotted lines and the other in full lines. Fig. 1 shows theposition the spinner will normally assume under ordinary conditions.

The advantage of having the spinner free to move on the rodlongitudinally thereof is that it will readily yield should it come incontact with any stationary object, such as a stone or a log, and alsoin the event the fish should strike it when swallowing the hooks. It isalso obvious that the spinner and washer may rock sidewise upon the rodand that the spinner will still be free to spin on the rod with aminimum of friction.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and theminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combinationof a rod, to the oppo site ends of which the line and hooks arerespectively connected, and a spinner loosely mounted on the rod andextending on both sides thereof and free to rock or tilt sidewisethereon to spin or rotate freely and to slide longitudinally thereof,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a rod, to the opposite ends of which the line andhooks are respectively connected, a collar near the lower end of therod, a washer loosely mounted on the rod above the collar, and a spinneralso loosely mounted on the rod above the Washer, the said washer andspinner being respectively free to rock sidewise on the rod and also tomove longitudinally thereof, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a rod, to the opposite ends of which the line andhooks are respectively connected, a collar near the lower end of therod, a concavo-convex Washer loosely mounted on the rod above thecollar,

